Nilufer Yanya

ok I'm listening and none of those refs are relevant to the other songs, sorry

"trouble" is gorgeous wow

The drumming on "the mystic" is sick.

her debut was absolutely one of my favourite indie rock records of the last few years and this is a very worthy follow-up even if i don't quite love it as much. it's only a small shift (it's a bit more minor key, the tension's a bit more explicit, there's more propulsive drumming, the programmed beats are grittier) but it's all moved just a little bit away from the breezy sound of her debut. the only track i'm not sold on yet is "chase me" which is just lacking hooks & general points of interest compared to everything else.

the comparison i regularly saw thrown around early on with her was 'pixies meets sade' and that captures a lot of what she's doing but far from all of it, and she's moved a little further away from that now.

she's also occupying fairly similar territory to king krule but i like what she's done with it much much more

ooooh this is very good. Still sounds like her old material but way more explorative and all of it good. Saxes on "belong with you" are a good example.

I put the debut in my top ten that year, but this thing is hooks hooks hooks; it's as if she used what she learned about space and cool sounds and came up with song after song instead of what were even at its best impressively ruminative tone poems.

she's also occupying fairly similar territory to king krule but i like what she's done with it much much more

― ufo, Monday, March 7, 2022 6:09 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

wow i never would've thought this based on her prior work, guess i gotta listen to her new one

idk i would have said that about her earlier work too, there's fairly clear similarities in their sonic palettes, just the new one is a little gloomier which brings her a bit closer? her songs are still poppier & breezier than the sort of murk he prefers though by a fair way

on my first listen and i do hear where you're coming from, "l/r" seems like something he could've done, but he would've skipped the lovely falsetto chorus and those unexpected major chords that pop in

- stabilize reminds me of bloc party’s debut

yes

did a great version of “rid of me” live tonight

oooh

I was actively trying to decide if the album reminded me of PJ. I was leaning yes, so that's cool to hear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36gGaOtT-A

great performance

I like that energetic live version of Midnight Sun on Fallon better than anything I heard on my first listen to the album

great performance for sure, but the drummer looks so much like tim robinson that it nearly took me out of the whole thing haha

Fuuuck this is fantastic.

(the album)

must be hard to suddenly play a drummerless show (out sick apparently -- "we had to leave him behind... somewhere"), but last night was amazing. kinda emphasized how Yanya has the best guitar sound of anyone right now. it also made the "Rid of Me" cover feel more like a reimagining, just Jazzi Bobbi's foghorn blasts to signal the loud part.

she's officially released the Rid of Me cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB1GP5XuK5s

fuck, she’s so great. Her guitar work sounds like the platonic ideal of what I wish I could play, perfect hybrid of rhythm and melody.